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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does an Indian hunter never eat?

2. Which two members of the expedition are unafraid when they sense they are being followed?

3. What kills the first soldier to die?

4. How does Kate overcome Ludovic Leblanc's objection to Nadia coming on the expedition?

5. What does Alex do with his glasses when he confronts the jaguar?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the People of the Mist keep boa constrictors as pets?

2. Why is Nadia convinced that Karakawe is Mauro Carias' co-conspirator?

3. Who are the People of the Mist?

4. What do the People of the Mist look like?

5. Why do the efforts of the expedition to lure the Indians with gifts and trinkets fail?

6. How are Alex's mother and Nadia's mother alike?

7. What response do Nadia and Alex get when they warn adults about the conspiracy to eradicate the Amazon Indians?

8. What defeats most adventurers who go into the Amazon seeking riches?

9. Why are the travelers unable to move after their boat disappears?

10. What internal conflict does Alex experience when the kidnappers offer him masato to drink?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Alex's discovery of the legendary city of gold, El Dorado. How did it turn out to be as expected? How different?

Essay Topic 2

Which group do you think is more likely to ultimately cause harm to the People of the Mist, the Beasts, and the other Amazon Indians? Do the scientists or the entrepreneurs represent a greater danger?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why metal and many objects of everyday use to Alex such as cell phones, watches, and compasses, are useless in the Amazon jungle.

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